High Hopes - Early Version, 1994 Recording

Beyond the horizon, of the place we lived when we were young
 In a world filled with magnets and miracles
 Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
 The division bell's ringing had begun
 Down the Long Road and on down the Causeway
 Do they still meet there by the Cut
 There was a ragged band, followed in our footsteps
 Running before times took our dreams away
 Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground
 To a life consumed by slow decay
 The grass was greener
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 The light was brighter
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 With friends surrounded
 
 The nights of wonder
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 Looking beyond the embers, of bridges glowing behind us
 To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
 Steps taken forwards, but sleepwalking back again
 Dragged by the force of some inner tide
 At a higher altitude with flag unfurled
 We reached the dizzy heights, of that dreamed of world
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 Encumbered forever, by desire and ambition
 There's a hunger, still unsatisfied
 Our weary eyes will stray to the horizon
 Though down this road, we've been a hundred times
 The grass was greener
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 The light was brighter
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 The dawn mist glowing
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 The water flowing
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 With friends surrounded
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 The nights of wonder
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 The light was brighter
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 The grass was greener
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 Forever and ever